# Bots spamming forum

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/bots-spamming-forum/340704
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [December 5, 2024, 6:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bots-spamming-forum/340704 "2024-12-05T18:49:28Z")
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### Author: ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2024, 6:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bots-spamming-forum/340704/2 "2024-12-05T18:57:54Z")

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If you’re not using Akismet, that will likely catch at least most of it.

It’ll require your admin to configure it, though.

> [@Discourse Akismet](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-akismet/109337):
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> discourse2Summary Discourse Akismet allows you to fight spam with [Akismet](https://akismet.com/), an algorithm used by millions of sites to combat spam automatically.hammer_and_wrenchRepository Link [https://github.com/discourse/discourse-akismet](https://github.com/discourse/discourse-akismet)open_bookInstall Guide [How to install plugins in Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-plugins-in-discourse/19157)Features What does it do? Akismet helps keep your site free of spam by automatically scanning all posts from new users. Scanned posts that Akismet flags as spam are immediately removed f…

> **[Pricing](https://akismet.com/pricing/)**
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